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- a source of any chemical species that reacts with a monomer (single molecule that can form chemical bonds) to form an intermediate compound capable of linking successively with a large number of other monomers into a polymeric compound.
- Injannashi
- (from the article "Mongolian literature") ...novels of enchantment and romance, including the San-kuo yen-i ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms") and others. A great Mongol novelist and poet of the mid-19th century was Injannashi, his most famous work being Koke-sudar ("The Blue History"), a fictionalized Mongolian ...
- injection
- (from the article "therapeutics") Progestins combined with estrogens comprise the oral contraceptives that inhibit ovulation by affecting the hypothalamus and pituitary. Progestin-only pills and injections are also effective contraceptives that work by forming a thick cervical mucus that is relatively impenetrable to sperm. Although ...
- injection molding
- (from the article "advanced ceramics") Injection molding, commonly employed in polymer processing, also is employed for advanced ceramics. In injection molding a ceramic mix is forced through a heated tubular barrel by action of a screw or plunger. The mix consists of ceramic powder plus ...
- injector
- (from the article "rocket") The liquid-propellant engine itself consists of a main chamber for mixing and burning the fuel and oxidizer, with the fore end occupied by fuel and oxidizer manifolds and injectors and the aft end comprised of the nozzle. Integral to the ...
- Injuid
- (from the article "Iran") ...Buzurg (the Tall) of the Jalayirids, who set up the Jalayirid dynasty over Iraq, Kurdistan, and Azerbaijan; it lasted from 1336 to 1432. In Fars, Il-Khanid agents, the Injuids, after a spell of power during which Abu Ishaq Inju had ...
- injunction
- in civil proceedings, order of a court requiring a party to do or not to do a specified act or acts. [1 Related Articles]
- injury
- (from the article "tort") ...injurer. The welfare state, however, is now the main source of accident compensation. But even where tort law plays a major compensatory role-for example, in the most serious cases of personal injury-it does not function with great efficiency. Though tort ...
- ink
- (from the article "cephalopod") ...the eggs are left uncared-for. Squids that attach their eggs to the bottom engulf them in a gelatinous mass that protects them from disease and deters predators. Cuttlefishes squirt their eggs with ink when they are laid to camouflage the ...
- ink
- (from the article "conductive ceramics") ...materials have overlapping electron energy bands and are therefore excellent electronic conductors. They are used as "inks" for screen printing resistors into thick-film microcircuits. Inks are pulverized conductor and glaze particles dispersed in suitable organics, which impart the flow properties ...
- ink
- fluid or paste of various colours, but usually black or dark blue, used for writing and printing. It is composed of a pigment or dye dissolved or dispersed in a liquid called the vehicle. [20 Related Articles]
- ink sac
- (from the article "cephalopod") ...the Octopoda the esophagus may be expanded to form a crop, while in the deep-sea Cirrata the radula may be degenerate or lacking. Except in Nautilus and certain deep-sea Octopoda there is an ink sac located near the anus. This ...
- Ink Spots, the
- American vocal group prominent in the late 1930s and '40s. One of the first African-American groups, along with the Mills Brothers, to reach both black and white audiences, the Ink Spots exerted great influence on the development of the doo-wop ... [1 Related Articles]
- ink-jet printer
- (from the article "cybercrime") ...usually do not own, such as printing presses, engraving plates, and special inks. The advent of inexpensive, high-quality colour copiers and printers has brought counterfeiting to the masses. Ink-jet printers now account for a growing percentage of the counterfeit currency ...
- Inkatha Freedom Party
- black political movement in South Africa that derives its main support from the Zulu people. Inkatha was founded in 1975 in the black homeland of KwaZulu by Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, chief of the Zulu people and the chief minister of ... [8 Related Articles]
- inkblot test
- any of a number of psychological tests in which a person is asked to interpret ambiguous patterns made by inkblots; the best-known of these is the Rorschach test. [1 Related Articles]
- Inkerman, Battle of
- (from the article "Clyde (of Clydesdale), Colin Campbell, Baron") ...in British Guiana), and in the Opium War against China in 1842. Knighted for his service in the Second Sikh War of 1848-49, he commanded with distinction in the Crimean War, notably at the Battle of Inkerman. Campbell was appointed ...
- inkstand
- receptacle for a pen, ink, and other writing accessories. In England such a utensil was called a standish from the 15th to the 18th century. Inkstands were made of silver, pewter, lead, earthenware, or porcelain. Silver was the most fashionable ...
- Inkster, Juli
- On Sept. 26, 1999, American golfer Juli Inkster became the 17th member of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame when she won the Safeway LPGA Golf Championship by six strokes. The victory climaxed an outstanding year for Inkster, ...
- inky cap
- any member of a group of about 350 cosmopolitan mushroom species belonging to the order Agaricales (phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi) named for the disintegration of the mushroom cap into an inklike liquid following spore discharge. The inklike liquid has been ... [1 Related Articles]
- inlaid celadon
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") The next 100 years, from 1150 to 1250, is the period of inlaid celadon ware. The technique of inlay on celadon is generally believed to have been invented about the mid-12th century. The idea of inlay may have come from ...
- Inland Great Nicobar languages
- (from the article "Nicobarese languages") ...and Bompaka languages; Central Nicobar, including the Camorta, Nancowry, Trinkat, and Katchall languages; South Nicobar, including the Coastal Great Nicobar and the Little Nicobar languages; and Inland Great Nicobar, including the Shompe language.
- Inland Kaikouras
- (from the article "Kaikoura Range") ...twin mountain chains, South Island, New Zealand, paralleling the island's northeastern coast for 60 miles (100 km). The name, meaning "to eat crayfish," has its origin in Maori myth. The Inland Kaikouras rise to 9,465 feet (2,885 m) at Tapuaenuku, ...
- inland marine insurance
- (from the article "insurance") Although there are no standard forms in inland marine insurance, most contracts follow a typical pattern. They are usually written on a named-peril basis covering such perils of transportation as collision, derailment, rising water, tornado, fire, lightning, and windstorm. The ...
- Inland Northern American
- (from the article "English language") ...Received Pronunciation, as defined above, and a variety of American English, such as Inland Northern (the speech form of western New England and its derivatives, often popularly referred to as General American), are in the pronunciation of certain individual vowels ...
- Inland Sea
- the body of water lying between the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It is composed of five distinct basins linked together by channels. Its east-west length is about 270 miles (440 km), and its waters are easily navigable. ... [2 Related Articles]
- inland water body
- (from the article "inland water ecosystem") Inland waters represent parts of the biosphere within which marked biological diversity, complex biogeochemical pathways, and an array of energetic processes occur. Although from a geographic perspective inland waters represent only a small fraction of the biosphere, when appreciated from ...
- inland water ecosystem
- complex of living organisms in free water on continental landmasses.
- inlay
- in the visual arts, any decorative technique used to create an ornamental design, pattern, or scene by inserting or setting into a shallow or depressed ground or surface a material of a different colour or type. Inlay techniques are used ... [12 Related Articles]
- Inle Lake
- (from the article "Myanmar") ...in the northern hills, runs some 15 miles (24 km) from north to south and 8 miles (13 km) from east to west; it is one of the largest natural inland lakes of Southeast Asia. Somewhat smaller is Inle Lake, ...
- Inman, (Frederick) John
- British actor and comedian delighted audiences on three continents with his campy portrayal of Grace Brothers' senior sales assistant Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries in all 69 episodes of the BBC television sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972-85), as well as ...
- Inman, Henry
- the leading American portraitist of his time.
- inn
- building that affords public lodging, and sometimes meals and entertainment, to travelers. The inn has been largely superseded by hotels and motels, though the term is often still used to suggest traditional hospitality. [1 Related Articles]
- Inn River
- a major right- (south-) bank tributary of the Danube River. The Inn River is 317 miles (510 km) long. It rises in Lake Lughino in Switzerland and flows northeast across western Austria and southern Germany. The river's Swiss section is ... [2 Related Articles]
- Innamincka Regime
- (from the article "Australia") During Phanerozoic times, Australia has been marked by three regimes: Uluru (543 to 320 million years ago), Innamincka (320 to 97 million years ago), and Potoroo (the past 97 million years). Each regime, a complex of uniform plate-tectonic and paleoclimatic ...
- innate idea
- in philosophy, an idea allegedly inborn in the human mind, as contrasted with those received or compiled from experience. The doctrine that at least certain ideas (e.g., those of God, infinity, substance) must be innate, because no satisfactory empirical origin ... [10 Related Articles]
- innate reflex
- (from the article "infancy") ...typically sleep for about 16-18 hours a day, but the total amount of time spent sleeping gradually decreases to about 9-12 hours a day by age two years. At birth infants display a set of inherited reflexes involving such acts ...
- innate releasing mechanism
- (from the article "animal behaviour") ...system by a so-called releasing mechanism (RM) and are responsible for triggering the specific motor response appropriate to the stimulus. If the releasing mechanism is innate, it is termed an IRM. If it is acquired through individual experience, it is ...
- innate releasing mechanism experience
- (from the article "animal behaviour") ...an IRM. If it is acquired through individual experience, it is termed an ARM. Some innate releasing mechanisms may be modified as a result of individual experience; such a mechanism is termed an IRMe.
- Inner Carpathian Mountains
- (from the article "Carpathian Mountains") The Inner Carpathians consist of a number of separate blocks. In the west lies the Central Slovakian Block; in the southeast lie the East Carpathian Block and the South Carpathian Block, including the Banat and the East Serbian Block. The ...
- inner city
- (from the article "United States") The inner city of a large U.S. metropolitan area displays some traits that are common to the larger centres of all advanced nations. A central business district, almost always the oldest section of the city, is surrounded by a succession ...
- Inner Court
- (from the article "Beijing") ...where the emperor paused to rest before going into the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Beyond the Hall of Central Harmony is the last hall, the Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian), after which comes the Inner Court (Neiting). The Inner Court ...
- inner ear
- part of the ear that contains organs of the senses of hearing and equilibrium. The bony labyrinth, a cavity in the temporal bone, is divided into three sections: the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea. Within the bony labyrinth ... [18 Related Articles]
- Inner Eastern Carpathians
- (from the article "Carpathian Mountains") ...continuation, are higher and show a more compact banded structure. The highest mountain group is the Chernogora on the Ukrainian side, with Goverla (Hoverla; 6,762 feet) as the highest peak. The Inner Eastern Carpathians attain their highest altitude in the ...
- inner hair cell
- (from the article "ear, human") ...of low-level sound stimuli, but, because they can act as mechanical-electrical stimulators and feedback elements, they are believed to modify and enhance the discriminatory responses of the inner hair cells. How they do this is not understood. Because the inner ...
- Inner Harbor
- (from the article "Baltimore") ...(1914), the Walters Art Gallery (1934), a symphony orchestra, and opera and theatre companies. The Baltimore Civil War Museum (1997) has exhibits on the city's role in the Underground Railroad. The Inner Harbor area, revitalized in the 1980s, includes the ...
- Inner Hebrides
- islands off the Atlantic (western) coast of Scotland. As their name suggests, the Inner Hebrides lie close to the west coast of Scotland. They stretch 150 miles (240 km) from Skye in the north to Islay in the south and ... [1 Related Articles]
- inner Helmholtz plane
- (from the article "electrochemical reaction") ...by the surface to a distance closer than the "distance of the closest approach" of ions, further subdivision of the inner part of the electric double layer is justified. Hence, the inner Helmholtz plane is introduced as the plane formed ...
- Inner Light
- the distinctive theme of the Society of Friends (Quakers), the direct awareness of God that allows a person to know God's will for him. It was expressed in the 17th century in the teachings of George Fox, founder of the ... [4 Related Articles]
- Inner London
- (from the article "Greater London at a glance") The administrative structure of Greater London includes 33 separate boroughs, 14 of which constitute Inner London and the others Outer London. (See the table Greater London at a Glance.) The Inner London boroughs are Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, ...
- Inner Mission society
- (from the article "city mission") ...Wichern urged that the church minister to the physical and social needs as well as the spiritual needs of people. As a result the Central Committee for the Inner Mission was formed in 1849, and Inner Mission societies were formed ...
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